It seems most Freeper responses to the global warming question are predicated on the idea that man-made climate change isn’t a real threat.
What if it was? What do we do?
It seems in that case, the conservative and prudent approach would be of three things:
1. Carbon taxes, with taxes reduced elsewhere.
2. Government-sponsored research into low-carbon energy generation, preferably through awards for private breakthroughs.
3. Doing pro-growth policies so the people of the future are wealthy enough to deal with whatever troubles climate change will cost.
#3 is a good idea anyway. #2 can have some great bang for the buck. #1 can’t be ruled out, though.
First, thanks for the thoughtful post. But.
We have had too many government run ‘policies’ already, based on ‘sound scientific data at the time’ let alone ‘what ifs’, that created far more problems later on than what the original policy intented to solve.
There is no rational base to promote global policy change for such garbage as man-made climate change.